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• The Salt Lake City public art program announces two opportunities for Utah artists: 9th & 9th Streetscape Upgrade, deadline March 28; and Sorenson Unity Center, deadline April 10. For budgets and complete Request for Proposals, call 596-5000 or e-mail requests to nancy.boskoff@slcgov.com.

• The Salt Lake Art Center will host another in its Art Talk series this Wednesday at 7 p.m. Guest speaker, Laurie Monahan, will explore surrealism and automatism and its relation to the art of Robert Motherwell in "Andre Masson as Precursor." For more information call 328-4201.

• Sevier County announces a call for entries for its 25th Commissioners Art Show, which will be in the auditorium of the old courthouse, 250 N. Main, Richfield. Entries are due Wednesday, April 19, from noon-5 p.m. For entry requirements and more information call 896-8068, 896-6840, 896-8839 or 896-6100.